“Writing Hard Time: Infamous Books, Infamous Authors.” Featuring Shannon Holmes (Caught Up), Albert “Prodigy” Johnson (H.N.I.C.), and K’wan (Black Lotus). Moderated by Wes Jackson, president of Brooklyn Bodega and executive director of the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival.
“Told It First Hand: Conversations with Hip-Hop’s ‘Do-ers’.” Brooklyn Bodega’s Wes Jackson sits down with Albert “Prodigy” Johnson (H.N.I.C.), best-selling author K’wan (Black Lotus), and Johnny Temple of Akashic Books to talk about hip hop’s next frontier: the literary world. $10 general admission; $5 for BHS and G-W Members.
Infamous Books launch event featuring K’wan, JaQuavis Coleman, Miasha, and Prodigy. Beer lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery!
*In conversation with journalist Laura Checkoway, coauthor of My Infamous Life by Prodigy.
Book launch event; Prodigy will appear in conversation with hip-hop journalist and musician Sacha Jenkins (editorial director of Mass Appeal magazine). Beer for this event will be lovingly provided by the Brooklyn Brewery!
INFAMOUS LIVES, INFAMOUS STORIES: Doing Hard Time on Main Street – Urban Fiction Breaks Through Albert “Prodigy” Johnson, as one half of the hip-hop phenomenon Mobb Deep, has sold millions of albums, performed throughout the world, and recorded with the elite of hip-hop, R&B, and rock with his signature style of hard-core, reality-based music. Join […]